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H. UPFNER.

CONTAINER.` APPLICATION FILED Amm, 1914.

Patented Aug. 25, 1914.

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Specincation of Letters Patent.

Patented 25, 19111.

application tiled April :3, lai-zt. Serial No. $559,004.

To all 'whom it may con-cem:

Be it known that I, HvMAN Urrmm, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, county ot Kings, city and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Improved Containers, ofwhich the following is a clear, full, and exact description.

rIhis invention relates to improved containers for various articles,particularly adapted to contain flat phonograph records.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, durable andeiiicient device of the kind which will permit access to the recordsmore readily than in the present albums employed for that purpose.

A further object is to secure the result desired by use of as. littlecabinet room as possible.

In carrying out. my invention, I provide either a single box or acabinet of boxes or partitions, which I term inclosing members forcontaining the box or drawer which is to contain the records, and whichI term the containing member. A cam and cam slot and guard plate securethe two members together, and permit the containing member to be drawnhorizontally out for a distance, and then swung on an arc outside of theinclosing member so that the containing member will have its Jfront partdrop below the inclosing member; thus I am enabled to secure theswinging of the containing member without providing for anyincreasedheight in the cabinet. A

he scope of my invention will be pointedout in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation. partly openof one unit of my improved device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, uoppositeside of Fig. 1, with the device in closed position. Fig. 3 is a Viewsimilar to Fig. 2 with the device in open position. Fig. 4 is a sectionon line '4.-4 Fig. 2. Fig- 5 is a section ofa cabinet provided with anumber .of my units.

As shown in the drawings, 1 is the inclosing member, which consists ofan ordinary box-like lstructure having an open front with a cam slot 2Kin the wall thereof,-but covered with the material which covers the boxif it be a unit, If it be made with compartments as shown in Fig. 5, thecovering will of course be omitted. To the wall of theo memberl,adjacent to the cam slot, I locate and secure by rivets or otherwise aguard plate 3 having an aperture l conforming in shape to the cam slot,which receives the stem 5 of a stud 'which carries an enlarged head 6within the cam slot. rlhe stud is secured by washers 7 and 8 to the wall9 or" the containing member 10.

The containing member is constructed with an ordinary closed Yfrontllprovided vwith a grasping ring 12 and preferably wlth one complete side13, that is, complete excepting that the upper inner corner 1s made inthe form of an arc to permit a pivoting of the device when it is in theposition of Fig. 3. The opposite side 14 I prefer to make ofapproximately half the height of the box, exposing 'from that side theenvelops 15 and the records 16. The back wall of the box 17 I extendpreferably only up so far as to meet the top of the side 14.

In carrying out this invention details of construction may be variedfrom those shown, and yet the essence of the invention be retained; someparts might be employed without others, and new features thereof mightbe combined with elements old in the art in diverse ways, although theherein described type is regarded as embodying substantial improvementsover such modifications.

As many changes could be made in the above construction, and manyapparently' widely diiierent embodiments of the invention could be madewithout departino from the scope thereof, it is intended that all mattercontained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawingsshall be interpreted in an illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is furthermore desired to be understood that the language used in thefollowing claims is intended to cover all the generic and specificfeatures of the invention herein described, and all statements of thescope of the invention which as a matter of language might be said tofall therebetween.

I claim as my invention:

1. The herein described container for phonograph blanks and the like,consisting of theinclosing receptacle, the containing receptacle adaptedto fit within the inclosing receptacle, anda cam mechanism securing thetwo together but adapted to permit the withdrawal of the containinreceptacle from the inclosing receptacle or a limited distance, and.then ermit apivoting of the containing receptac e. f

2. The herein described container for y phonograph blanks and the like,consisting 4tacle having its inner and upper edges of -less height andlength than its outer an lower sides respectively.

3. The herein described container for phonograph'blanks, and the like,consisting of the inclosing receptacle,- the containing receptacleadapted to fit within the inclos- 'ing receptacle, and a cam mechanismsecuring the two together,but adapted to permit the withdrawal of thecontaining receptacle from the inclosing receptacle for a limiteddistance, and then ermit a pivoting of the containing receptac e, saidcam mechanism consisting of a cam slot lin the wall of the inclosingmember and a pin retaining the c0ntaining member at all times in movablebut permanent relation to the inclosing member.

moebel` 4. The herein described device consisting ofthe inclosing memberhaving a cam slot and guard plate, a headed stud, the head within thecam slot, the S'tem of the stud projecting through the guard plate, acontaining member, the side of which is secured to said stud.

5. The herein described device consisting of the inclosing member havinga cam slot and guard plate, a headed stud, the head within the cam slot,the stem of the stud projecting through the guard plate, a containingmember, the side of which is secured to said stud, th'e containingmember of rectangular shape, with the upper inner corner cut awaywhereby it may be slid and guided horizontally for part of its distance,and

permitted to rock during therest of its m0- tion.

New York and State of New York, this 1st day of April, 1914:.

HYMAN UFFNER.

Witnesses F. WARREN WRIGHT. MABEL DITTENHOEFER.

Signed at New York city, in the county ofv

